What have you bought your DCs for Xmas (in pictures)? Xmas lovers only please [title edited by MNHQ at OP's request, ho ho ho!]

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Following on from the tits up thread linking to nm piture thread by a another poster, I am braving our own on here and dawning a flame proof suit... will do each dd individually

Proud christmas lovers, feel free to join in.

Percy your comments are obscene.

Oh ok, so we are prescribing in what ways people are allowed to enjoy and celebrate Christmas now?

I obviously missed the rules being passed out Percy - I thought we could choose what was appropriate for our own families? And how we shared/discussed that?

The irony is, there has hardly been any photos posted in the deluge of insults, some of them show fantastic crafted gifts, but all anyone can see is the big piles.

I think it's clear that it's BAD and WRONG to do Christmas differently to others. So we're going to have to all come to an agreement about what the one size fits all MN accepted Christmas looks like.

If you deviate you get sent to Bounty for life.

People can love Christmas, but not love the idea of large presents of piles. After all, Christmas isn't actually about presents.

Olivia?

Who new a few toys could create such unrest eh.

PercyHorse

I thought it was for people who loved Christmas, not for the I-will-make-a-pile-of-gifts-ten-times-the-size-of-my-child-because-presents-equal-love

what an assumption!! You know sod all about us!

I haven't bought anything yet and I don't feel a failure at all. Its because I've got Christmas (which is a religious festival) in perspective.

I really hate that this insane over-emphasis on Christmas presents makes some mumsnetters feel inadequate or depressed.

Percy its sad that you think presents equal love i don't thought never crossed my mind and have not seen one picture that contained tat. What was Tat may i ask?

Course they can oybbk but surely that doesn't give them the right to be nasty, sneery and judgy about others who think differently?

What would be the reaction if people went on a thread where someone posted they had three presents for their child and said they thought it was shocking how little they had?

Surely we can tolerate differing viewpoints?

it isn't early weaning after all

Why inadequate though Minty. Do you feel like you are inadequate cause others can afford to send their kids to private school. Or others afford cleaners and expensive holidays. I cant afford any of them things but such is life.

but kitten no-one has said its all about presents.....people are just making that assumption because of 1 thread.

YOU ARE ALL MAKING BABY JESUS CRY.

He only got THREE presents so I think the Accepted MN Christmas will mean all children are only allowed three presents.

REMEMBER BOUNTY if you ever feel like adding a fourth to the pile.

Well MNHQ from poster calling us obscene...

Calling people horrible parents when they have brought Like Laura, an ipad for her young son, when he has long hospital visits and needs something to stop the boredom.
Surely Laura is a mum who needs some support, not be viciously attacked and ridiculed for buying her sick son a special gift? I am embarrassed and appalled at the abuse she has got.

Perhaps the posters who feel the need to be really nasty about people merely buying gifts for their children should be politely directed away from Christmas...

As I said before many posters, on this thread and others on Christmas board and christmas topics on other boards ( which have been moved here to stop causing offense...) have had a very tough year, they have been bereaved, they have lost their jobs, but they like me, like to focus on positive happy things in amongst lifes misery and coming on Christmas to chat and share about the good stuff as well as tips keeps us going which is sort of what I thought this site was about....being supportive...

I am not seeing how some posts on this thread, are being supportive.

Calling someone cunty for using an x? And so on.

*I hardly ever swear (blessing on netmums!), but today I am swearing because I am astounded at how rude, catty, nit picky and bully like you are.

Hardly any of my posts on this thread have swear words if you bothered to check....

You don't like me for whatever reason and I really do not give a monkey's chuff.....just don't see the need for bullying and name calling!*

Laura I have posted twice. Once to say I think this thread is vulgar and tasteless, which I do, and once more to comment on your unpleasant use of expletives. Neither constituted bullying. I have no reason to dislike you, call you names or actually have any awareness of you at all as you are clearly new to MN.

I wish you the best for Christmas and for your son's health.

From what I can see Mintyy people on MN are making others depressed and inadequate every day!!...me for example with the ipad for ill 2 year old's hospital visits! x

But but BUT

Baby jesus presents were all very expensive top of the range gifts.

Surely if you have purchased everything from the Christmas bargains thread you can give more?

I don't feel inadequate at all thanks all the same.

RJ, I hear Bounty is lovely this time of year...

You're so gonna fail at the AMNC.

Oo does ferrero rocher count as gold in one of those 3gifts

So why would others?

Emily My 'expletives' were not once aimed at someone....I'm not the one going around saying 'cunty' and 'wanky' like others!

Bullying has gone on within this thread name calling when the post was started etc.

Thank you for your well wishes for my little boy. You and your family have a lovely Christmas too

RJ bless you.

Flogging a dead horse. I just wonder why posters who are usually on other boards have suddenly felt the need to come over here.

What really gets me is that occasionally we get some posters crying out for help, depressed desperate...some of those posters could be on a thread like this right now...trying to glean a little tiny bit of hope for a nice day somewhere in the not too distant future, a depressed and distraught mother, trying to put together a few bits for their dc to have some hope...

And they are viciously slated and kicked by people coming onto say.... I hope no one comes on this thread and gets upset .

Don't you realise the very person, people you are posting about could be that person who desperately needs a little cheer.

Ferrero Rocher don't count as a gift!
Little balls of cardboardy evil.

This thread is mad, is it real? Is this mumsnet??

Don't you realise the very person, people you are posting about could be that person who desperately needs a little cheer.

^ this! x